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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lydia hear that George does not?
(a) A scream
(b) Songbirds
(c) Their children calling them
(d) Classical music

2. How old are the children?
(a) Ten years old
(b) Fifteen years old
(c) Seven years old
(d) Three years old

3. When George walks into the nursery with the children, what is there?
(a) The African veldt
(b) Rima, and a lovely lush green forest
(c) Nothing; the walls are blank
(d) The Grand Canyon

4. Who says, “There’s no Africa in the nursery”?
(a) Peter
(b) George
(c) Lydia
(d) David

5. What is their home called?
(a) A Joyfullife Home
(b) An Easylife Home
(c) A Happylife Home
(d) A Healthylife home

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nursery a reflection of?

2. Who says the following: “But I thought that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything?”

3. Who is the author of The Veldt?

4. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?

5. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?

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